Option to not automatically download photos when opening in browser

Cameron

I noticed today that a very recent update made it so that when you try to open an image from Discord in your browser ("Open Original"), it automatically downloads (just like other non-image files). I find it very frustrating because being able to preview images in Chrome was so much more useful. I had the ability to zoom from the browser (which you can't do in Discord) and could rename and save any image directly to the specific folder(s) on my computer. Now they'll get buried in my Downloads folder until I move them. Please consider reverting this or at least making a separate option in the user settings.

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  • Teo

    I would prefer if there are 2 buttons, "Open in browser" and it opens it without downloading it and "Download" that would save it in your Downloads folder. I hate opening my browser just to save an image.

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  • Hope

    Yes, this.  I also want it to open the darn videos in browser instead of downloading them.  I try to link them to friends and none of them see it 'cause they refuse to download some random arse video.  Like I don't know who thought it was a better idea to DL stuff when I link it or tell the app to open it, but they shouldn't be in charge of any further decisions.  I bet it's the same yahoo that decided 2000 characters was enough for a post, too, and you couldn't even have server settings to overwrite the default.  /smh

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